Printing-machine.



P. A. TREIBER.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1909,

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.17, 1909.

988,603. Patented Apr. {1, 1911.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 8EPT.17, 1909.

Patented Apr.4, 1911.

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PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 17, 1900.

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PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED SEPT. 17, 1909.

Patented Apr. 4, 191-1.

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F. A. TREIBER.

PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 8BP'1'.17, 1009.

Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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To olk'whom c't may concern:

Belit knownthat I, ERA-NEAL. Tasman, a Glti-ZBIL of: the United States, residing at Cumberland, in the county of Allegany and State QfMBIZIIiHId, have invented a certain new use Improvement in- Printing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

.- 'llhis:inv e ntion relates, generally, to print ing ormarkingmachines, and particularly to. machines for imprinting patterns or de signs. on curved'. surfaces on tapered cylindries-1 bodies, such as tumblers, an it has fonrits to provide a simple, urable,

and inexpensive machine adapted to automatically pick up the-article to be-treated,

subject it to. the printing operation, and

discharge it from. the machine with the pat tern or design accurately printed thereon in ink: or paint and ready for thenext step or process of fixing: thepattern or design on thearticle, and it consists of the parts and combinations, off-parts hereinafter described andiclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, ..forming l s a part of this specification, Figure .1 is 'a plan view of'my lmproved machine, Fig. 1 IS an enlarged detail perspective view. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation with-parts removed... Fig. 3 is an. enlarged detail view, partly in section, of the chucks and connected parts. Fi 4 is a detail end view of the printing pa Fig. 5- is a detail longitudinal vertical section on the line 5+5, Fig. 4; Figufi is an enlarged detail view of the forkedlever. Fig. 7 is an enlar ed detail vertical section through the inking-roller device. Fig. 8 is. detail sec-. t-ional view: of the inking roller. Fig. 9 is a detail view of the rod for tilting the-inkon the line 10--10, Fig. 1'1-.- Fig. it is .a plan view of the mking trough. Fig. 12

is a vertical sectionalwiew on the line 12- 12, "Fig. 11. Fig.13' is a detail vertical section vertically arranged shaft which 1s stepped in a bearing 3in the base-4 (see Fig. 1.) of' the frame 5' which carries the bearingfi for the upper end ofthe said shaft, and 7 an adjustable collar secured to the shaft and Sneciilcaticn of Letters lfatent. applloatlonflledseptombca17,1e08, 'flpriel racism.

Patented Apr. 4,, 1911 abutting against the bearing-6 to secure the sh aft in. positiomand prevent it up. ward during the operation of' the machine.

Anad uStabIe-hub-S is secured to the pro ]il 1llg' upper end of the shaft 2 and carries a. d1sk: 9. In the upper faoe of the disk radaall extendin grooves 10- are formed whi may be 0 dovetail form, as shown, or of any other preferred Ishape in'cross secs tion, their purpose being to receive the ends of the. arms 11, which ends aremade to 0on formto. theshape of the grooves, and'are secured therein by bolts on screws 12, but it is. preferred that the outer portion of the: arms order that the parts carried: thereby'may. be more firml "secured against: movement, as shown, alt ough their shape may. be, the same'throughout their length 'if sodesired. Surrounding the shaft- 2 and concentric therewith-isarranged a circular table or bed consisting, preferably, of the arc-sha d platforms 13'whioh are connected toget er at theiradjacent ends by the narrow sectors sha edstrips 14', which, with the platforms. 13,. ormacontinuouscircular track around the. shaft 2; the whole being supported by suitable-legs or: frames 15 arranged at interualis. around thesame. To the extreme outer end. of each of the arms. 11* is adjust- V ably secured a rod: 16 whichcarriesazetud shaft 17 at its. lower end on which. is journaled. a rubber tired' wheel 18 which sup, ports the outer end or. the said: armsll, an travels on thetrack formed by the table when themachine. is in o eration. The rods 16 may be-made vertical y. adjustable. in any desired or convenient manner, as, fan instance, by forming an elongatedslot in the same, asindicated in dotted hnes 1n Fig. 3., throughiwhich a bolt is inserted into the-end; of-the arms 11.

Ona linecoinciding-lwith the curve orare ofthetable and wit in the path traveled.

erably three, of hollow posts 19which are secured'in a. plate 20, which is bolted to the table so-as.to .beadjustable, which posts ree-made square or'rectangularin section in by the wheels 18, is arranged a series, pref tracks and support them in proper secure the trackat the height to which it is adjusted. The track '22 is formed of'wood or other suitable material adapted to have frictional engagement with the chuck wheels or-rollers, and the standards 21. are secured to and project from the underside of the lposition for engagement with the chuck w eels or rollers. Adjacent the posts 19 and on a parallel coinciding line therewith, a series,

preferably three, of hollow posts 24 are arranged, said posts being secured to a plate 25 which is adjustably secured-to the table. See Fig. 5. Theposts 24 receive the standards 26- which aresecured' to and project, from the undersideof a platform 27. This" platform supports, through-a hinged connection, a flanged table 28 on which is su-.

perposed the printing pads on which the pattern or design to be-printed on'thearti- M cle being decorated is formed. The hinged connection, as shown in this instance, is made by securing perforated lugs 29 to the platform 27 and similar lugs 30 to .the underside of the table 28 and connecting the lugs by threaded pins or bolts 31 on which winged nuts 32 are run. Thus the-table 28 may be-tilted or adjusted to any desired angle to the horizontal by loosening the nuts 32 and then secured in its adjusted osition by tightening said nuts- See'F1gs;

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I Arranged on the table 28 is a plate 33 having recesses'34 in its under surface near each endto receive the guide pins 35 which; are secured in the upper face of the. table 28,-

said pins and recesses being employed in order to insure the proper location of the printing pad inassembling the parts. To

the plate 33 the wooden base 36 of the rubber pad 37 is secured by screws 38 which enter the same through theplate 33 and serve, with the flan e of table 28, A to hold the printing pa firmly in position during the operation of the machine.

cured a bar.39, which projects at each side of the table and is longitudinally slotted near each end, as at 40, which supports a segmental track or way 41, arranged at each side of the printing pad, through the.

bracket arms 42 which are longitudinally slotted at 43 and'adjustably secured to the bars 39 by means of the bolts 44 extending through the slots 40, 43, and secured in their adjusted position bythe winged nuts 45. See Figs. 4 and 5. The tracks or;ways

' '41 are ofywood or'other suitable material adapted to provide frictional contact with the wheels or rollers which operate the inking device, as will be hereinafter described. The posts 24 are shorter than the posts 19,

but in otherrespects are similar thereto,

and the center post of the series is provided with a set screw 46whichis adapted toen- 'the, printing To the flange at each end of the table 28 issegage the standard therein in order to-secure pad at the height to which it may be adjusted. a

'A hollow post 47, (see Fig. 13 is adjustably secured in a transverse s 0t 48 in the circular table or bed adjacent to andilr line with what may be termed the delivery 1 a rest for the article dep sited thereon. By

means of this form 0 older the article rests near its ends, or top and bottom, on"

the side-pieces '52 without its body portion, on which the pattern or desi is printed coming in contact with the body of the holder, thus preventing the wet ink or paint I of the" pattern or design being smeared by contact with the holder.

.The bottom plate 51 of the holder is formed with an opening to receive the reduced end of the standard 49, and an adjustable collar 53 is secured on said standard-against which pressesone end of a coiled spring 54 whichv surrounds the standard, the

other end of said springresting on the top of the post 47. See Figs. 2 and 13. The

spring support just described enables the deposit of the article on the holder without liability of breaking the article, as, if the adjustment is not exactly, correct, or if, for any reason, the article is delivered to the holder with unnecessary force the spring V l will permit the holder to yield to the pressure of the article before the latter reaches the breaking or crushin point.

Adjoining the post 4 and in line therewith a hollow post 5518; adjustably secured in a transverseslot 56 in the circular table or bed, which receives the stem 57 of a feeding'holder 58, which consists of a block having a'tapering curved recess or depression in 1ts upper face to accommodate it to the shape of the tumbler or article to be marked or printed. The block is-formed in two parts or halves 5960,'which are connected together by a hinged joint 61 on the pin of which a spring 62 is arranged so as to bear j against and normally hold the forward half -59 of the block up to and in contact with A the other half thereof. See Figs. 13 and 14.

A thumb screw 63serves'to hold the stand ard or stem 57 in its adjusted position in the post 55.

. The inking .device is arranged in front'of" or in advance of the pattern or design holding device and, referring more particularly to Fig. 12, where it is shown to the right, it consists of the hollow posts 64 secured to a.

' plate and to the table in a manner similar to thatvof posts 19 and 24V and on the line of the circle in which posts 24: are arranged, and the center post being provided with a thumb sorew-65 to fix the inking device in its-vertically adjusted position. Telesco ing in :the lIJOStS (5-1 are the stems or standarc s 60 which carry the table 67 to which the frame 08 for the ink distributing plate 69, is .con-

nected by-tihe hin es 70 in a manner similar to ;the connection etween the pattern or design holder and its plate 27, as described above. As shown best in Fig. 2 a bracket 71 is secured to and projects from one end of the frame 68 and supports the trough which contains the ink or paint, and which, as shown in Fig. 11, consists of a box 72 the outer side wall of which is slightly less in length than the inner wall so that the connecting wall at one end extends at a slight angle to the opposite end wall. The purpose of this construction is to distribute the ink evenly from the box to the plate 169, the outline of the latter being on the arc of a circle, as shown. See Fig. 1. A perforated metal plate 73 forms a cover for .the greater portion of the trough, said plate lying between the side walls thereof and resting on and projecting beyond one end wall, the projected end, 74, being imperforate. The other end .of said plate 73 is supported from the box by bent lips 75 which engage the side Walls. At each side of the plate 73 a longitudinally extending groove 76 is formed therein to confine the ink to the plate. An iron roller 77, for conveying the ink to the perforated plate, is journaled in the side walls of the trough, the surface of which projects slightly above the adjacent end of the plate 73 and is in contact therewith,

while a short plate 78 is arranged at the opposite side of the roller and is adjustably held from the end wall of the trough by a screw operated by a thumb nut 79 and by which it may be adjusted to or from the roller, the purpose of which is to scrape off the surplus ink or paint taken up by the roller before it reaches the plate 73, the end of the latter being in slight contact with the roller scrapes the ink or aint therefrom onto the plate. The roller 7 carries a pinion wheel 80 at one end of its shaft which meshes with a rack 81' arranged to slide on a way 82 supported by the bracket 71, as best shown "in Fig. 2, and which is moved longitudinally in one direc tion by a rock lever 83 supported from the main table 13 by a ball and socket joint 84, said lever being slotted at 85 to receive a pin 86 projecting from the side of the rack, while the return movement of the rack is made by a spring 87 connected to the rack and a stationary partof the machine. See

hanger 90 is formed with a lateral extension 93 which is bored out to receive a tube 94 which screws into the hub of the chuck head 88 at one end and is threaded to receive a screw cap 95. at its other end. A plunger stem 96 is inserted in the end of the tube 94 and bears against one end of a coiled spring 97 which is located in the tube, the other end of said spring abutting a ainst the screw cap 95. The head of the p unger stem 90 is secured to the back of a disk 98 which is held in .the chuck head by'the screw bolts 99 which extend through the back of the head and are provided with the winged nuts 100 by which the disk may be adjusted in the chuck head and which also limit the outward movement of said disk. To the disk is secured in any desired manner a facing 101 of Wood or rubber. Within the chuck heads a lining ring 101, preferably of wood, or other material softer than-metal, having a beveled edge, is secured in order to protect the edge of the article held by the chucks from in ury.

The tube 94 is fitted in the extension 93 so as to be free to rotate therein and carries an adjustable rubber tired roller 102 which serves to actuate the same and also acts, in conjunction with the hub of the chuck, to fix the tube against longitudinal movement. The opposite chuck head, 89, is provided with a plunger stem 96, disk 98, facing 101, screw bolts 99, nuts 100, lining ring 101" and spring 97, in all respects similar to chuck head 88, and is screwed onto the end of a shaft 103 loosely supported at one end by the hanger 91 and at the other end by a hanger 10 1 from the arm 11.. The shaft 103 is hollowed out at one end to receive the plunger stem 90 and the coiled 5 ring 97, which bears against the end of the p unger stem to normally hold the disk extended to the limit permitted by the screw bolts 99. Secured on the shaft 103 is a grooved wheel 106 and a coiled spring 107 surrounds said shaft between said wheel and the hanger 104, the purpose of which is to normally hold the chuck head 89 extended to the limit fixed by the grooved wheel contacting with the side of hanger 91. A brace bar 108 connects the hangers 91 and 104 so as to hold the same steady and prevent the possibility of the same spreading by reason of the pressure exerted by the spring 107.

Adjacent the hanger 91 on arm 11 a block 109 is adjustably secured, by a set or thumb screw 110, to which is pivotally hung the forked lever 111 having pins 112 which enga e the grooved wheel 106 at opposite sides as st shown in Fig. 6. Said lever carries a friction roller 113 at its lower end, so that when the lever is swung in one direction on' I hangers 90 and 91 is secured, by a set or nut 125.

thumb screw 114,- a block 115 having an inclined face, as at a, and to which block is connected by a hinge joint a tapering block 116 having an inclined face correspondin to face a. As shown best in Figs. 2 and a rod 117 is screwed into the block 116 and extends downwardly and forwardly therefrom and carries in a fork 118 at its upper end a roller 119, and is connected by a coiled spring120-to a lug 121 on the block 115. At the outer end of the block 116 a pin 122 is inserted in a recess therefor, and is held in place by a thumb nut 123 and, through a perforation in the enlarged head of said pin, a rod 124 is inserted and held by a thumb The end of the rod 124 is forked and carries a roller 126. See Fig. 8. The roller 126 is an inking roller and is made of composition as is usual, and its shaft 127 extends through the arms of thefork at each side and carries the wheels 128. Latches 129 are pivoted to the outer sides of the fork arms over the slots 130 formed in the edges thereof inwhich the shaft rests or is journaled, in order to engage the shaft, and a pin 131 is inserted in the arms so as to engage the latch andthus lock the shaft in place.-

The lever 111 is operated by a cam track 132 (Figs. 1 and 1") which is adjustably bolted to the table. As best shown in Fig. 1,

the track 132 curves away'from the table so as to move or swing the end of lever 111 inwardly or toward the main shaft 2 during its engagement with the track, and thereby move or slide the shaft 103, which carries chuck head 89, longitudinally in its bearings, so as to draw said chuck head 89 away from its mate. The track 132 is so located that the initial movement given the lever 111 commences just as the forward side of the chucks approach the holder 50, and as the chucks continue on or forward the end of lever 111 is gradually moved away from the holder until the chucks arrive at a point over the middle of the holder at which time the article carried by the chucks is released from the chuck heads and deposited on the. holder. This is accomplished by'adjusting the bolts 99so as to limit. the outward throw of the disks 98, caused by the action of the. springs 97, so that, whenthe chuck heads reach a 89 c'arriesthe disk withlit, thus releasing the article from pressure and permitting it to drop onto the holder 50.

A cam track 133 is arranged above and in line with the printing pad and extends over th'eholder 50 and over and past the feeding holder 58, and is sup orted by the arms 134 from the table. See igs. 1, 2 and 1. This track, 133-, operates the inking roller 126 through the rod 117, the friction roller 119 of which engages the said track and is depressed thereby so as to tilt or lift the ink ing roller up and away from the printing. pad after it has applied the ink thereto, an

In the drawings is illustrated a machine having four groups of devices including. printing pads, ink troughs, and devices for delivering or feeding a'nd'receiving the arti cle, arranged at equal distances a art around thetable, and four arms each 0 which carries a group of devices, similar to each other, for inking the printing pads, rotating the article on the pads, depositing the'marked article, and picking up an unprinted article or blank, but it is evident that agreater or less number of groups may .be employed without a departure from the scope or s irit of my invention-and I do not desire, t erefore, to be limited to any particular number of groups, nor to the particular arrangements of such on the frame shown in the drawings.

The operation of the machine is as fol-.

lows: With the parts in the positions shown in Figs. 1 and 1, the articles to be marked -with the pattern or design, in this instance a tumbler, as shown in Fig. 1*, at :23, are placed on the feeding holders by the attendants. Power is then applied'to rotate the arms 11 in the direction of the arrow, 1. As the arms move over the cam tracks 132 the rollers 113', carried at the end ofthe forked levers 111, engagethe sides of the tracks 132 and .thereby gradually move or swing said levers inwardly, or out of a vertical plane, on their pivots, thus sliding or moving the-shaft 103 longitudinally in its .bearings, against the pressure of spring 107,

and thereby moving the chuck head 89 inwardly so as towithdraw. it from its mate,

88. This movement continues until the chuck heads are moved to a point directly opposite and in line with the article on the feeding holder at which point the roller 113 passes off the track and the spring 107 on shaft 103 acts to instantly move the said shaft to its normal position and thereby DBH BOB causethe chuck heads 89 and 88 to grasp the article between them. The continued for- I ward movement of the arm presses-the article against the hinged half, 59, of'the holder 6 58, and forces the same downward, against theressure of the spring 62, to ermit the tum ler to be carried forward by t e chucks. In the meantime the inking roller 126 has .been lifted or-tilted u by the engagement of the .roller 119, carried by rod 117, with the cam track 133, and carried in its elevated position over and past the holders, 50 and 58, and gravitates to its lowered or normal position when the roller 119 asses ofi the end of the track 133. The inliing roller is then carried forward in its lowered or normalposition onto the ink trough andathers a supply of inkwhich is evenly sprea thereon as it rotates or rolls over the inking late 69; As the arm continues forward the w eels 128 on the shaft of the inkin roller mount the tracks 41 at each side 0% the printing pad and by frictional engagement therewith rotate the inking roller as it travels over the ad. The parts are so arranged and time that the roller 119 on rod 117 engages the cam track 133 at the moment the inking roller leaves the printingpad, and said roller is then tilted, as above described, to carry it over and above the holders 50 and 58. The chucks carrying the tumbler are then advanced to the rintin pad and the wheel or roller 102 on t e sha t 94, by frictional contact with the track 22, imparts rotation to the tumbler as it travels over and on the printing pad, thereby having printed thereon the design or pattern formed on the pad. The continued movement of the arm then brings the roller on the forked lever 111 against the cam track 132 and the chuck head 89 is withdrawn from its mate so as to release the printed or marked tumbler and permit it to be deposited on the holder 50, from which the attendant removes it, while the chucks move forward and pick up the tumbler which has been placed on the holder 58, and conveys the same to the printing pad of the next group and after it is marked or rinted de osits the same on the delivery ho der of suc group.

The iron roller 77 which feeds the ink from the tron h is intermittently rotated by the pinion w eel 80 thereon which is engaged by the toothed rack 81 which is reciprocated on the way 82 by the lever 83 connected through a slot to the pin on the rack. The rock lever 83 projects above the ink trough and is so placed that the projection 93 on the hanger 90 strikes and swings or depresses the same and thereby slides the rack 81'forward, thus rotating the roller 77 in one direction in the ink in the trough while a spring 87 acts to return the rack and lever to their normal position and rotate the iron roller in the opposite direction in the ink and thereby insure an even anld uniform distribution of the ink'on the re er.

Power is applied to the shaft 2 by a belt from any prime mover to the pulle 121 on a a shaft 122 which carries a beve .pinion which meshes with a similarpinion'on the shaft 2, as shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A machine for marking cylindrical articles, comprising a printin pad, means for inking the pa horizonta ly circumrotating mechanism for automatically grasping the article to be marked at each end, means for rotating the article in contact with the pad, and means for automatically releasing port or wider.

2. A machine forprinting or marking oylindrical articles, comprisinga printing pad, means for inking said pad, a holder for supthe article to deposit it on a supporting the unmarked-articlein a horizontal position, horizontally circumrotating mechanism for automatically removing the article from the holder, and means for rotating the article in contact with the pad.

3. A machine for printing or marking cylindrical articles, comprising a printing pad,

a holder for supporting the article tube marked in a. horizontal position, and a horizontally circumrotating device for automatically clamping the article and conveying the same from the holder to the printing pa and rotating it thereon.

4. A rintin machine comprisin a printin pa a horlzontally revolving evice for in ing said pad, and a horizontally revolving device for carrying to and rotating the blank article on the printing pad.

5. A printing machine comprising a stationary printing pad, a horizontally revolving inking device, a horizontally revolving device for grasping the blank article and rotating the same on the printing pad, and means for automatically releasing the article after it has been marked or printed.

6. A machine for printing on tapered cylindrical articles, comprising a rotating arm, devices for holding and rotating the article carried by said arm, an inking device supported by said arm, an ink reservoir, a nuting pad, and means for automatlcal releasing the printed article from' the ho ding device.

7. A machine for printing on tapered cylindrical articles, comprisin an adjustable printing pad, an adjustable ink reservoir or trou h, a traveling movable holder for the blan article, means for intermittently rotating said holder, a traveling inking roller,

means for intermittently rotating said roller,

article from the holder.

' ,8. In a printing. machine, a horizontally revolving arm carrying chucks to hold the article to be printed, and means for. automatically separating the chucks to release I the article.

holder arranged in the'path of said chucks,

means for separating the chucks, and means for closing the same on the article.

10. Ina printing machine, a horizontally "revolving arm. carrying chucks to hold the article to be rinted, a lever connected to one of said chuc s, and means arranged in the path of said lever for engagingthe same to move said chucks apart.

11. In a printing machine, a horizontally revolving arm, rotatably and slidably mounted chucks carried by said arm, a lever carried' by said arm and connected to one of said chucks, means for engaging said lever to separate the chucks, and means for returning said chucks to their normal position.

12. In a printing machine, a feeding desaacos vice, comprising a block formed in halves hinged together at theirv meeting faces, each of said halves having a portion thereof removed to form a semi-circular depression; on the llne of division between them to reprinted, and a spring ceive the article to be for normally holding the halves together.

13.-In a printing machine,'a delivery or discharge holder comprisin a plate having parallel vertical sides the e ges of which are formed on a reverse curve to form a supportfor the printed article.

14. In a printin machine, a delivery or discharge holder or receiving the printed article, comprising a yieldingl supported plate having parallel vertical si es the edges of which are formed. on a reverse curve to form a support for the article.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature,

in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK A. TREIBER. Witnesses:

GERARD Evsns'rmn, W. E. WALSH. 

